‘Herbal medicine has nothing to do with voodoo’

The MD/CEO, Pax Herbal Clinic, Rev. Anselm Adodo, has appealed to Nigerians to change the way they see traditional medicine, stating that it had nothing to do with voodoo.

“Herbal medicine is not for illiterates, we should change our perception, it has nothing to do with voodoo,” he said.

At a press conference on the recent development of herbal medicine research in Nigeria, Adodo noted that an herbal medicine for the cure of malaria would soon be out.

He said that the Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency, together with Pax Herbal Clinic and Research Laboratories, had already prepared a detailed protocol for a clinical trial of the medicine which, he said, was awaiting ethical clearance from health regulatory authorities.

Adodo said, “One of the major weaknesses of traditional medicine, however, is that it has not yet moved from the realm of subjective to the objective as well as implicit knowledge.”

He also berated the Federal Government for not developing the traditional medicine. He said, “It has not dawned on FG to develop herbal medicine.

“The current health system is dysfunctional and it cannot sustain us. The earlier we incorporate herbal medicine the better for us.”

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